Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.6.1.40
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.6.1.40
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- Sanskrit
2.6.1.40
atha yataro dadāti | sa punaḥ prācīnāvītī bhūtvābhiprapadya japatyamīmadanta pitaro yathābhāgamāvṛṣāyiṣateti yathābhāgamāśiṣurityevaitadāha
Thereupon he who has presented (the obsequial cakes) again shifts his sacrificial cord to the right shoulder and betakes. himself (to the fire in the shed), and mutters (Vâg. S. II, 31), 'The Fathers have regaled themselves: like bulls they came each to his share:' whereby he means to say, 'they have eaten each his own share.'
Translations (1)
- The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English
Commentaries (1)
- Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit